Increasing Diversity in Market Gardens with Cover Crops
Understanding Ag’s Chuck Schembre on using winter cover cropping to break the low-diversity cycle.
Planned Grazing benefits Soil Health at the Los Ranchos Agri-Nature Center
As animals are moved often, soil health, yield and quality of forage improves.
Tragedy Above and Below Ground
The severe dust storm that occurred on May 1, 2023, along Interstate 55 in Central Illinois should be a wakeup call for all farmers.
A Journey concerning the Dirt below our Feet
Andrew Hautzinger, District Director of the Valencia Soil & Water Conservation District takes us on a journey starting at the microscopic level of the soil, across the state and throughout our nation.
Soil health: simultaneously progressive and traditional
The Vigil y Romo acequia and the Taos Land Trust have been working collaboratively on healthy soils projects over the past 3 years.
Working with the Ecosystem rather than Against it
At Barnhouse Farms in Melrose, the NM Healthy Soil Program supports increased sustainability and profitability for our agricultural community.
Keep Soil Covered
Here in New Mexico, maximizing soil cover is one of the most important steps toward achieving a healthy soil. Part one in our mini-series on the soil health principles by NM State Agronomist Mark Kopecky!
Minimizing Disturbance
Agriculture itself is sometimes referred to as “disturbance ecology,” because to grow most of our food and fiber crops, we need to alter the natural soil environment through disturbance of some sort. Learn more about the second soil health principle from Mark Kopecky, NM State Agronomist.
Maximizing Living Roots
Join NM State Agronomist Mark Kopecky in learning about the amazing interactions between roots that are actually growing and soil organisms!
Maximizing Biodiversity
We know that there are more living organisms in a single spoonful of soil than there are people on earth, and we’re learning more all the time about how important these organisms are in maintaining a healthy soil.